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Manic Pixie Dream Girl

Feminist frequency explore the many troupes and archetypes of women within the media, and in this episode she looks at the manic pixie dream girl. What the manic pixie dream girl represents is a fantasy woman for many a struggling ‘man’ she is his muse, there to help him fix all his troubles, without having any of her own. to be quirky but not ‘messed up’ to be childish in behaviour and mothering in attitude, to be nothing more than a jar of whimsy and wonder that the man, when feeling low can occasionally dip his hand into.

The ridiculousness of this type of inspirational character as being a sustainable person is questioned and mocked in Cracked video, showing how once the man is done with her she becomes useless and seen as stupid and just a child in an adult’s body.